Washington, D.C.

Migrating your content to SharePoint Online

Thursday 10:40 AM - 11:50 AM · Room 152b

Migrating your content to SharePoint Online

Olivia Stewart

Olivia Stewart

Senior SharePoint Architect
Scott Money

Scott Money

Director of Operations at DocPoint Solutions

This session will cover 3 examples of migrating content to an M365 tenant (also applicable to SharePoint OnPrem).

  1. Network drive to SharePoint OnPrem or SharePoint OnLine - Maybe your server infrastructure has aged and there are requirements to move that data to a searchable platform. Let's walk through an example of tackling this challenge with multiple options as simple as moving just documents or more elaborate paths incorporating directory structure as metadata in the destination.

  2. SharePoint OnPrem to OnPrem – Not all entities are committed to moving all content into a cloud-based platform such as M365. Governance may come into play which leads to a more basic move to an updated platform and often no re-architecture. In this case we can consider moving some tasks such as forms and automation to a cloud-based solution which can alleviate efforts with a future migration to M365.

  3. SharePoint On-Prem to SharePoint OnLine - The migration path many are executing every day is to the M365 platform. In this path, considerations for re-architecture will be reviewed as best practices point towards a flat architecture as opposed to vertical. 3rd party apps ? make sure there is a compatible path when moving to the cloud platforms.

We will share the challenges we have experienced with each of these examples that can help you plan an efficient move to your next platform.